If you get a call saying “you’ve won a prize,” you might be thinking, why not claim it? Unfortunately, it’s likely a scam to steal your money — especially if it’s for a contest you didn’t enter. So how can you spot and avoid a prize scam?
Here’s how these scams often go. You get a call out of the blue saying you’ve won something — maybe a new car, a laptop or money. The caller might even claim they’re with a well-known company, hoping to seem legitimate. (They’re not.) Before you can claim your prize, they say you need to pay “taxes,” “shipping and handling charges” or “…
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